How Long Should Abandoned Cars Stay?

Mafia Righthand_Man

If it at all impedes with the game trying to show more than 5 cars in the game's equivalent of Times Square, then it should be a very short time in which cars stay. I want immersion, damnit. Not a ghost town.

jimm

it would be cool if u actually parked ur car in a parking lot or in ny parking space, the cars could stay there for much longer maybe like 5-6 ingame days nd then maybe it could get towed away.................nd if u park the car in a bad area then it would get jacked much sooner( in maybe 2 ingame days)...........i also think that cars left sitting in the middle of the road should be towed away much sooner like maybe 1/2 an ingame day...................or else it would look pretty odd!!!

Cursed

Well it all depends where it is and what condition. If its in the middle of the road it will either be stolen or towed. If its damaged badly in the road it will probably be towed. If its parked in a space with the engine off then 2-3 days then towed or clamped.

manofpeace

it would be cool if u actually parked ur car in a parking lot or in ny parking space, the cars could stay there for much longer maybe like 5-6 ingame days nd then maybe it could get towed away.................nd if u park the car in a bad area then it would get jacked much sooner( in maybe 2 ingame days)...........i also think that cars left sitting in the middle of the road should be towed away much sooner like maybe 1/2 an ingame day...................or else it would look pretty odd!!!

That was too long for a car to be stolen in a bad neighborhood and it would not take 6 hrs to get a car out of the road. People call 911 and get the cops to tow it away as soon as they find it just sitting there.

Many days/forever for just a parking lot in the middle of the city that doesn't serve a specific business is adequite, simply because nobody will care if there's a car there. Sure, it might get jacked, but if it wasn't it would stay there. Parking a car in a parallel parking zone would get it towed within a few game hrs because of general parking laws. If you parked your car in a bad neighborhood it would easily be taken within a few game hrs/days. In a good neighborhood, your car is extremely unlikely to be stolen, but remember: this is Liberty City. Your car could be towed away for taking up space and you not being there, or if you park in front of someone's house then they could report that a car is sitting near their house and nobody has gotten it out of the way in a while. Basically, there are a lot of ways your car could not be there when you return or be stripped. But my favorite idea for this thread is: It is a video game and not real life, so not too many of those would happen. Yeah, it could be stolen and stuff, but all this towing and jacking is rediculous.

jimm

it would be cool if u actually parked ur car in a parking lot or in ny parking space, the cars could stay there for much longer maybe like 5-6 ingame days nd then maybe it could get towed away.................nd if u park the car in a bad area then it would get jacked much sooner( in maybe 2 ingame days)...........i also think that cars left sitting in the middle of the road should be towed away much sooner like maybe 1/2 an ingame day...................or else it would look pretty odd!!!

That was too long for a car to be stolen in a bad neighborhood and it would not take 6 hrs to get a car out of the road. People call 911 and get the cops to tow it away as soon as they find it just sitting there.

Many days/forever for just a parking lot in the middle of the city that doesn't serve a specific business is adequite, simply because nobody will care if there's a car there. Sure, it might get jacked, but if it wasn't it would stay there. Parking a car in a parallel parking zone would get it towed within a few game hrs because of general parking laws. If you parked your car in a bad neighborhood it would easily be taken within a few game hrs/days. In a good neighborhood, your car is extremely unlikely to be stolen, but remember: this is Liberty City. Your car could be towed away for taking up space and you not being there, or if you park in front of someone's house then they could report that a car is sitting near their house and nobody has gotten it out of the way in a while. Basically, there are a lot of ways your car could not be there when you return or be stripped. But my favorite idea for this thread is: It is a video game and not real life, so not too many of those would happen. Yeah, it could be stolen and stuff, but all this towing and jacking is rediculous.

dont u understand towing in the sense..........maybe u jus get a message on ur mobile saying that ur car has been towed awy or something...........its not like the tow truck is actually gona come nd toe it away, yeas definately that would be rediculois nd unecessary!!!...........nd by the way judging by ur comments , it seens u like to have the game to be realistic(which is contradictry to ur final statement!!).....if ur saying tht a car is gona get jacked or vanishes in jus a few game hours then GTA4 is gona be more like the old GTA's itself.........nd thats not gud when it comes to car vanishing

nd by the way jacking way a feature in SA where u could see actual thugs jacking cars, so i think that feature will still remain

manofpeace

it would be cool if u actually parked ur car in a parking lot or in ny parking space, the cars could stay there for much longer maybe like 5-6 ingame days nd then maybe it could get towed away.................nd if u park the car in a bad area then it would get jacked much sooner( in maybe 2 ingame days)...........i also think that cars left sitting in the middle of the road should be towed away much sooner like maybe 1/2 an ingame day...................or else it would look pretty odd!!!

That was too long for a car to be stolen in a bad neighborhood and it would not take 6 hrs to get a car out of the road. People call 911 and get the cops to tow it away as soon as they find it just sitting there.

Many days/forever for just a parking lot in the middle of the city that doesn't serve a specific business is adequite, simply because nobody will care if there's a car there. Sure, it might get jacked, but if it wasn't it would stay there. Parking a car in a parallel parking zone would get it towed within a few game hrs because of general parking laws. If you parked your car in a bad neighborhood it would easily be taken within a few game hrs/days. In a good neighborhood, your car is extremely unlikely to be stolen, but remember: this is Liberty City. Your car could be towed away for taking up space and you not being there, or if you park in front of someone's house then they could report that a car is sitting near their house and nobody has gotten it out of the way in a while. Basically, there are a lot of ways your car could not be there when you return or be stripped. But my favorite idea for this thread is: It is a video game and not real life, so not too many of those would happen. Yeah, it could be stolen and stuff, but all this towing and jacking is rediculous.

dont u understand towing in the sense..........maybe u jus get a message on ur mobile saying that ur car has been towed awy or something...........its not like the tow truck is actually gona come nd toe it away, yeas definately that would be rediculois nd unecessary!!!...........nd by the way judging by ur comments , it seens u like to have the game to be realistic(which is contradictry to ur final statement!!).....if ur saying tht a car is gona get jacked or vanishes in jus a few game hours then GTA4 is gona be more like the old GTA's itself.........nd thats not gud when it comes to car vanishing

nd by the way jacking way a feature in SA where u could see actual thugs jacking cars, so i think that feature will still remain

I was pointing out how a car would be stolen if the game is that realistic. I don't wan't my games ultra realistic, just really awesome.

All-Blacks

I hope R* don't go too far with this realism crap, when I ditch a car, I don't go back to it, I normally just steal a new one. So I don't see the point of the car just sitting there for days on end. Just make it simple, and make it dissappear after say, you leave a 1km radius of where you parked the car. But if you leave it on the road, it'll dissappear much quicker.

jimm

I hope R* don't go too far with this realism crap, when I ditch a car, I don't go back to it, I normally just steal a new one. So I don't see the point of the car just sitting there for days on end. Just make it simple, and make it dissappear after say, you leave a 1km radius of where you parked the car. But if you leave it on the road, it'll dissappear much quicker.

butyou see the action of jacking a car is much more complicated now!!...........its not like u jus pull someone out of the car and u drive away,nikko has to break the glass open the doors, nd if the cars parked hed also have to hotwire it!!..........its not gona be simple like the old days buddy

Waterbottle

It should depend on where you abandoned it, I think if you leave a car in the middle of the highway it should be gone relatively quickly. However if you leave it in a parking spot or somewhere secluded it would be nice if it didn't disappear for a while.

Slamman

I liked hearing the peds may call the cops when they see crime, as that repeats something Rockstar already used in The Warriors and in fact, the HUD and police seem similar from reports, and I like the Warriors design so this is exciting.

I think random changes to environment will still be rather unpredictable

dodgeviper500

Slamman

It's easy to say it's been stolen but the fact of the matter is the memory and CPU in the game won't hold things in memory that are placed in the environment as objects not needed for the main story, in priority, considering the mass amount of things needed to animate for all the elements. Alot of work goes in each time they ramp up the hardware and also try to out do their last game.

In some regard, they could rest on their laurels but they are driven to make GTA match their ideas and dreams and we're all glad to be along for that ride. I expressed my dismay at the early 2D versions, but since GTA3, there had been something that really lifts Rockstar above other companies... I wish them all the luck in the World to see their dreams come true on screen

Grae

I'd like for some of them to be stolen, yeah. But I'm not sure about them being towed...

On the theft part, though, R* will probably have random peds doing the car jacking thing, maybe just like we can (whether they're parked or not) possibly with the various animations such as breaking the window too. That'd be cool to see, especially if the cops caught them.

As for them disappearing, the only thing that really matters to me is whether or not they disappear while you're still in the vicinity! It's kind of funny though, because in past GTAs, sometimes I would go a long ways away and return to see that same car I ditched like 15 minutes prior. Then on other occasions I'd get out of the car, walk half a block, turn around, and it'd be gone!